Series even heading back to San Francisco

Some postgame snippets, with the series moving back to San Francisco tied 1-1:

As I mentioned last night, the Game 1 winner has taken the NLCS in 15 of the past 18 years.

That still stands, and tonight’s pertinent numbers:

*In NLCS history, the loser of Game One has come back to win the series on 12 occasions. The last team to do so was St. Louis in 2006 against the New York Mets.

*In 21 of the previous 40 NLCS, the loser of Game One has bounced back to win Game Two.

Don’t forget, Game Three on Tuesday starts at 1:19 p.m.

I was going to wait to post this until I got some of the postgame notes and quotes passed along from Philly but after a cranky e-mail about the headline on the previous blog – which those of you following along know was from late in the game, not post-game – I decided to get this up so there was no confusion about what the Splash is trying to say. Things were falling apart late in Game 2. The series is even.

And past history says the Giants are still in the driver’s seat based on that Game 1 win.

UPDATE: Bochy said after the game that Uribe will be reevaluated tomorrow and they remain hopeful he can play.

Bochy, asked about the fact that the seven previous games were all one-run games: “I know lately we’ve been playing a lot of one run games. And really tonight was a tight game. We made a couple of mistakes. I thought we gave them some early runs there in the first inning, and later on, when Oswalt scored, really it’s a one run game at that point. And we gave them some extra outs, and it wasn’t a clean game for us. You gotta play your best ball to beat this team, and we were a little off tonight.”

Bochy on Aubrey Huff cutting off the throw to home as Oswalt was rounding third: “…Huff, he saw Oswalt being held up. That’s what he saw. He didn’t think he was going. And he ran through a stop sign, Aubrey was watching the third base coach and probably got him by surprise a little bit. And that’s a big run there, and it happens. But no question we had him dead. He was out by 10, 15 feet. But Aubrey thought he was holding up, that’s why he cut the ball off.”

And finally, Bochy on Andres Torres’ struggles: “It’s obvious his timing’s off. This kid had a great year for us. He’s a big reason why we’re here. There’s no question he’s struggling but other hitters are, too. He’s fighting it a little bit. He got here early, was working on some things but you get in a rut like this. You start battling yourself a little bit. I think that’s the case with Andre, and he is certainly a guy that makes us go when he goes. But it would be nice to get him going, no question.”

I’m told that Henry’s tweets about Splash updates are coming later than mine; if you want to follow me for the next few games as I do Splash honors(through Game Four), I’m @susanslusser. If you don’t need A’s and the occasional NHL tweets afterward, I won’t be hurt if you stop following. Much.